October 25, 2011

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The League of Conservation Voters is going up with significant two-week ad buy targeting Republican Sen. Scott Brown on Big Oil.

"Brown sided with Big Oil — taking thousands from oil companies just weeks before he voted to keep their special tax breaks," the ad says as it shows a black pickup spewing exhaust through the streets of Washington.

"And Brown voted repeatedly against protecting our environment and public health," it continues.

A representative of the League would not disclose the exact size of the buy but said it was fair to characterize it as "bigger than six figures."

Earlier this year, the League's Massachusetts chapter ran radio ads against Brown.

In April, the League of Women Voters dropped $1.2 million on a television campaign in Massachusetts that assailed the Republican for limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions.

“Just in time for Halloween, the League of Conservation Voters group is spending nearly $2 million on negative attack ads trying to scare voters and playing tricks with Scott Brown’s pro-jobs voting record. This dirty political ad is clearly intended to benefit Professor Elizabeth Warren, and it’s shameful that this campaign has so quickly gone into the gutter. Professor Warren needs to strongly denounce the negative politics behind this ad and call on the League of Conservation Voters to immediately take it down.”

UPDATED @ 3:37 PM: An ad tracker says the entire buy amounts to $1.8 million in the Boston television market.

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